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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Massachusetts (Nov. 18)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Google Assigned Patent for Rich Result Triggering ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,577,897) developed by three co-inventors for methods, systems, apparatus and computer programs encoded on computer storage media "for triggering rich results in response to publication queries. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a publication query." The co-inventors are Matthew K. Gray, Reading, Mass., Gregory H. Plesur, Arlington, Mass., and Garrett H. Rooney, Dedham, Mass. The patent application was filed on Oct. 26, 2011 (13/282,367). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8577897.PN.&OS=PN/8577897&RS=PN/8577897 Written by Marlyn Vitin. *** Solais Lighting Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Solais Lighting, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,579,470) developed by James Leahy, Old Greenwich, Conn., Chris Hartswick, New York, and Stephen Johnson, Newburyport, Mass., for "LED illumination source with improved visual characteristics." The patent application was filed on Nov. 27, 2012 (13/686,403). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=39&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CT.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CT Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** 3M Innovative Properties Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- 3M Innovative Properties, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,579,811) developed by Jon Eisenhandler, Bristol, Conn., Richard F. Averill, Seymour, Conn., and Norbert I. Goldfield, Northampton, Mass., for a "medical diagnosis derived from patient drug history data." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2006 (11/532,919). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=61&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/MN Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,579,895) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "method of and apparatus for positioning and maintaining the position of endoscopic instruments." The co-inventors are John E. Hutchins, North Attleborough, Mass., Mark L. Adams, Stoughton, Mass., Mark Mallaby, Indianapolis, Scott E. Swaffar, Bloomington, Ind., Martin G. Donofrio, Gosport, Ind., Oscar R. Carrillo, Attleboro, Mass., Tracy Gandolfi, Hopedale, Mass., Mike Mangano, Tokyo, Bob Reynolds, Northborough, Mass., and Russell F. Durgin, Attleboro, Mass. The patent application was filed on July 30, 2012 (13/561,183). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=53&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/MN Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Boston Scientific Scimed Assigned Patent for Flexible Endoscope with Modifiable Stiffness ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent (8,579,802) developed by David W. Robertson, Framingham, Mass., for a "flexible endoscope with modifiable stiffness." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2010 (12/915,545). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=63&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28MN.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/MN&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/MN Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** General Electric Assigned Patent for Method of Making Composite Membrane ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- General Electric, Niskayuna, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,580,341) developed by 11 co-inventors for a "method of making composite membrane." The co-inventors are Hua Wang, Clifton Park, N.Y., Su Lu, Shanghai, China, Hua Li, Shanghai, China, Steven Thomas Rice, Scotia, N.Y., Joseph Anthony Suriano, Clifton Park, N.Y., Bing Zhang, Shanghai, China, Chen Wang, Shanghai, China, Lawrence Charles Costa, Mansfield, Mass., Steven John Harrold, Valley Center, Calif., David Allen Olson, Minneapolis, and Wenqing Peng, Shanghai, China. The patent application was filed on May 22, 2009 (12/470,606). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=4&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=187&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28NY.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/NY Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Lifeshield Sciences Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Lifeshield Sciences, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (8,579,961) developed by Thomas V. Casey II, Grafton, Mass., Kristoff Nelson, Boston, and Fergus Quigley, Watertown, Mass., for a sectional crimped graft. The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2007 (11/657,140). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,579,961&OS=8,579,961&RS=8,579,961 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Method and Apparatus for Wireless LAN (WLAN) Data Multiplexing ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,582,430) developed by John W. Ketchum, Harvard, Mass., Jay Rodney Walton, Carlisle, Mass., and Sanjiv Nanda, Ramona, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for wireless LAN (WLAN) data multiplexing." The patent application was filed on April 30, 2008 (12/112,718). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=9&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=439&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Oracle International, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,582,405) developed by Faramarz Mahnad, Brookline, Mass., and Fred Ross Hansen, Arvada, Colo., for a "matched pattern signal decoding." The patent application was filed on Sept. 25, 2012 (13/626,513). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=9&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=442&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Sudarshan Harpal; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ethicon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Ethicon, Somerville, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,580,192) developed by James Comolli, Boxborough, Mass., and Stephen C. Yeadon, Hampton, N.J., for "sterilization of polymeric materials." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2006 (11/555,016). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,580,192&OS=8,580,192&RS=8,580,192 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** KCI Licensing Assigned Patent for Skin Grafting Devices and Methods ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- KCI Licensing, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent (8,580,239) developed by six co-inventors for "skin grafting devices and methods." The co-inventors are Charles Seegert, San Antonio, Royce W. Johnson, Universal City, Texas, A. David Boccuti, Arlington, Mass., Andrew Nicholas Gentile, Allston, Mass., Sy Griffey, Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas, and Teryl Blane Sanders, San Antonio. The patent application was filed on Jan. 27, 2010 (12/694,443). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,580,239&OS=8,580,239&RS=8,580,239 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of California, University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., and the University of Massachusetts, Boston, have been assigned a patent (8,581,272) developed by Thomas P. Russell, Amherst, Mass., Soojin Park, Amherst, Mass., and Ting Xu, Berkeley, Calif., for a "method of producing nanopatterned articles, and articles produced thereby." The patent application was filed on May 1, 2012 (13/461,175). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,581,272&OS=8,581,272&RS=8,581,272 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Advanced Ion Beam Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Advanced Ion Beam Technology, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,581,217) developed by Don Berrian, Topsfield, Mass., and Cheng-Hui Shen, Hsinchu County, Taiwan, for a "method for monitoring ion implantation." The patent application was filed on Oct. 8, 2010 (12/900,862). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,581,217&OS=8,581,217&RS=8,581,217 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** International Rectifier Assigned Patent for Electrical Connectivity for Circuit Applications ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- International Rectifier, El Segundo, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,581,343) developed by Donald J. Desbiens, Yarmouth, Maine, Gary D. Polhemus, Sebago, Maine, and Robert T. Carroll, Andover, Mass., for an "electrical connectivity for circuit applications." The patent application was filed on July 6, 2010 (12/830,828). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,581,343&OS=8,581,343&RS=8,581,343 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,581,922) developed by Matthew Moore, Jamaica Plain, Mass., and Jackson B. Dunstan, Sherman Oaks, Calif., for a "system and method for monochromatic tinting using saturation maps." The patent application was filed on Nov. 30, 2012 (13/691,321). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,581,922.PN.&OS=PN/8,581,922&RS=PN/8,581,922 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Protonex Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Protonex Technology, Southborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,580,457) developed by six co-inventors for the "fuel cell stack sealed with encapsulating material and method of making the same." The co-inventors are Thomas Vitella, Franklin, Mass., Jeff Baldic, Milford, Mass., Ronald Rezac, Bolton, Mass., Nick Lauder, Newton, Mass., Seth Avis, Chestnut Hill, Mass., and Paul Osenar, Southborough, Mass. The patent application was filed on June 28, 2007 (11/823,759). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,457.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,457&RS=PN/8,580,457 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** DePuy Synthes Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- DePuy Synthes Products, Raynham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,579,983) developed by four co-inventors for a spinal fusion implant. The co-inventors are Ronald Garner, Hull, Mass., Sara Dziedzic, North Attleborough, Mass., Michael Mahoney, Middletown, R.I., and Ramon Ruberte, Ann Arbor, Mich. The patent application was filed on Sept. 12, 2011 (13/230,163). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,579,983.PN.&OS=PN/8,579,983&RS=PN/8,579,983 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Hyperion Catalysis International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Hyperion Catalysis International, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,580,436) developed by four co-inventors for "methods of oxidizing multiwalled carbon nanotubes." The co-inventors are Chunming Niu, Lexington, Mass., David Moy, Winchester, Mass., Asif Chishti, Lowell, Mass., and Robert Hoch, Hensonville, N.Y. The patent application was filed on Aug. 20, 2007 (11/841,449). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,436.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,436&RS=PN/8,580,436 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MIT Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,580,430) developed by Yet-Ming Chiang, Framingham, Mass., and William Douglas Moorehead, Virginia Beach, Va., for "battery structures, self-organizing structures, and related methods." The patent application was filed on July 13, 2012 (13/549,064). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,430.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,430&RS=PN/8,580,430 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Whitehead Institute, MIT, Boston University, General Hospital Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Mass., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., Boston University, Boston, and General Hospital, Boston, have been assigned a patent (8,580,253) developed by six co-inventors for "immunomodulating compositions and methods of use." The co-inventors are Ifat Rubin-Bejerano, Belmont, Mass., Gerald R. Fink, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Claudia Abeijon, Worcester, Mass., Danial S. Kohane, Newton, Mass., Jason E. Fuller, Boston, and Robert S. Langer, Newton, Mass. The patent application was filed on Nov. 6, 2007 (12/513,830). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,253.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,253&RS=PN/8,580,253 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Cabot Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Cabot, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,580,024) developed by Feng Gu, Westford, Mass., for "inkjet ink compositions comprising modified pigments." The patent application was filed on June 4, 2009 (12/455,597). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,024.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,024&RS=PN/8,580,024 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** LeMaitre Vascular Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- LeMaitre Vascular, Burlington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,579,927) developed by five co-inventors for "systems and methods for remote endarterectomy." The co-inventors are Jeffrey J. Witts, North Reading, Mass., Ryan H. Connelly, Topsfield, Mass., Michal Ursiny, Essex Junction, Vt., Michael J. McGraw, Watertown, Mass., and James A. Yuhan, Winchester, Mass. The patent application was filed on Jan. 13, 2012 (13/350,377). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,579,927.PN.&OS=PN/8,579,927&RS=PN/8,579,927 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Brigham and Women's Hospital, University of Michigan Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., have been assigned a patent (8,580,509) developed by nine co-inventors for "recurrent gene fusions in prostate cancer." The co-inventors are Scott Tomlins, Ann Arbor, Mich., Daniel Rhodes, Ann Arbor, Mich., Arul Chinnaiyan, Ann Arbor, Mich., Rohit Mehra, Ann Arbor, Mich., Mark A. Rubin, New York, Xiao-Wei Sun, New York, Sven Perner, Ellwaugen, Germany, Charles Lee, Marlborough, Mass., and Francesca Demichelis, New York. The patent application was filed on May 30, 2012 (13/483,176). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,509.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,509&RS=PN/8,580,509 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- The University of Massachusetts, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,580,275) developed by Gary R. Ostroff, Worcester, Mass., for the "drug delivery product and methods." The patent application was filed on May 17, 2010 (12/781,549). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,275.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,275&RS=PN/8,580,275 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** MIT, Boston College, GMZ Energy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., Boston College, Chestnutt Hill, Mass., and GMZ Energy, Waltham, Mass., have been assigned a patent (8,580,100) developed by six co-inventors for the "metal deposition using seed layers." The co-inventors are Hsien-Ping Feng, Watertown, Mass., Gang Chen, Carlisle, Mass., Yu Bo, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Zhifeng Ren, Newton, Mass., Shuo Chen, Newton, Mass., and Bed Poudel, Newtonville, Mass. The patent application was filed on Feb. 24, 2011 (12/932,372). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,100.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,100&RS=PN/8,580,100 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** ESM Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- ESM Technologies, Carthage, Mo., has been assigned a patent (8,580,315) developed by Dale Paul DeVore, Chelmsford, Mass., and Frank Daniel Long, Neosho, Mo., for the "anti-inflammatory activity of eggshell membrane and processed eggshell membrane preparations." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2007 (11/683,268). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,315.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,315&RS=PN/8,580,315 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,580,112) developed by six co-inventors for "dialysis systems and methods." The co-inventors are Palmer David Updyke, Walnut Creek, Calif., Harold Frederick Sandford, Groton, Mass., Benjamin Joseph Lipps, Boston, Douglas Mark Zatezalo, Allison Park, Pa., Michael James Beiriger, Pittsburgh, and James Matthew Mullner, Butler, Pa. The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2008 (12/271,359). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,112.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,112&RS=PN/8,580,112 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** University of Massachusetts Assigned Patent for Respiratory Synctial Virus Sequences ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- The University of Massachusetts, Boston, has been assigned a patent (8,580,270) developed by Trudy G. Morrison, Northborough, Mass., for "respiratory synctial virus (RSV) sequences for protein expression and vaccines." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2009 (13/121,848). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,270.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,270&RS=PN/8,580,270 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Worcester, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,580,461) developed by F. Michael Mahoney, Holliston, Mass., Yeshwanth Narendar, Westford, Mass., and Hansong Huang, Ashland, Mass., for an "anisotropic coefficient of thermal expansion lanthanum strontium manganite for solid oxide fuel cell cathode." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2011 (13/197,909). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,461.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,461&RS=PN/8,580,461 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Dartmouth College Assigned Patent for Nutraceutical Composition ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., has been assigned a patent (8,580,278) developed by Lloyd H. Kasper, Norwich, Vt., and Javier Ochoa-Reparaz, Arlington, Mass., for a "nutraceutical composition and methods for preventing or treating multiple sclerosis." The patent application was filed on June 17, 2011 (13/162,644). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,580,278.PN.&OS=PN/8,580,278&RS=PN/8,580,278 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,582,827) developed by five co-inventors for an "image mapping to provide visual geographic path." The co-inventors are Edward K.Y. Jung, Las Vegas, Royce A. Levien, Lexington, Mass., Robert W. Lord, Tacoma, Wash., Mark A. Malamud, Seattle, and John D. Rinaldo Jr., Bellevue, Wash. The patent application was filed on Sept. 18, 2012 (13/622,337). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=2&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=99&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28WA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/WA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/WA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Seagate Technology Assigned Patent for Write Delay Stabilization ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Seagate Technology, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,582,226) developed by David Erich Tetzlaff, Minnetonka, Minn., and Bruce Douglas Buch, Westborough, Mass., for a write delay stabilization. The patent application was filed on March 15, 2012 (13/421,547). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=480&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oracle International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Oracle International, Redwood City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,582,224) developed by Faramarz Mahnad, Brookline, Mass., for a "system and method for off-track write prevention and data recovery in multiple head optical tape drives." The patent application was filed on Aug. 1, 2012 (13/563,952). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=10&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=481&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=20131112.PD.&s2=%28CA.ASST.%29&OS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA&RS=ISD/11/12/2013+AND+AS/CA Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Jaya Anand. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1144350 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |